Superintendant : Derrick Powers
Derrick Powers was born and raised in Napanee, Ontario. He grew up loving all sports, in particular, hockey, fast-ball and, of course, golf, and was a member at Napanee Golf and Country Club from a very young age. He began working on the golf course during the summers throughout high school. He attended the University of Guelph and graduated from the Turf Grass Management program in 1994.
Derrick started his professional career as Assistant Golf Course Superintendent at Brockville Country Club, then at Carleton Golf and Yacht Club and at Rideau View Country Club. In March 2000, he was named Golf Course Superintendent at Rivermead.
He is a Class A Superintendent of the Canadian Golf Superintendent Association, the Golf Course Superintendents’ Association of America, the Quebec Golf Superintendent Association and the Ontario Golf Superintendents Association.
Over the years, Derrick has been a member of many professional associations and committees: the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Valley Turfgrass Association (2000-06, currently Past President); the Ottawa Valley Turfgrass Research Foundation; the Canadian Golf Superintendent Association Research and Development Committee (since 2004).
Assistants Superintendant :
Adam Charron
Martin Aubry
